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We have put together an official playlist on Spotify featuring many of this years acts, some you may have heard of and some you won’t, with lots to discover! We have picked out a few artists from the playlist we have been listening to in the office, which we think you should check out and...

The Academy is a brand new initiative in association with the University of Cumbria.  It will consist of a series of masterclasses, talks, Q&A’s and ‘open surgery’ style sessions with a variety of music industry professionals and luminaries in the fields of music, art, journalism, creative...

Embracing this years festival theme ‘Kendal Calling Goes To The Movies’ and taking it to the moon and beyond is one of the festivals best-loved areas Riot Jazz. This year, Apollo Riot Jazz is blasting off into outer space, destination: Planet Moon Dog. Riot Jazz cordially invites you to join...

We'd like to take a moment to update you on improvements we're making to the festival. 

We announced on Record Store Day to celebrate the day, that we had put some physical tickets with low booking fees in some of the Country's best Independent Record Stores. These were: 

• Piccadilly Records, Manchester
• Action Records, Preston
• Crash Records, Leeds
• Jumbo...

Our Video of the Day comes from Scottish rockers and our Sunday night headliners Primal Scream! Primal Scream won the first ever Mercury prize award in 1991 with their hugely popular album 'Screamadelica' but the band have produced a number of critically acclaimed albums over their 20+ year...

To celebrate National Record Store Day tomorrow, we thought it would be a good day to get our physical tickets on sale in some of the country's best Independent Record Stores. 

From tomorrow you will be able to buy physical tickets with a lower booking fee than online tickets...

Our 'Download of the Day' comes from the Funk master himself 'Father Funk'. Father Funk hails from Windermere, down the road from Kendal Calling but has since taken base in Leeds. "Fresh on the scene bomb making machine,” Father Funk has gone from strength to strength in the last year,...

Our 'Gig of the Day' is Lucy Rose live at 53 Degrees in Preston (1st May). We invited Lucy to the fields of Kendal Calling last summer off the back of two single releases and she put in a stunning performance in our Chai Wallah tent which even had the NME in awe, giving it a feature review in...

Our band of the day today comes in the form of Public Service Broadcasting. We have been lucky enough to catch these guys live a couple of times this year including at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre. They completely blew us away and so we just had to book them! 

Public Service Broadcasting...

For our 'Of The Day' series we thought we would kick things off with a Mix by local lads Bondax.

The Bondax sound incorporates elements of post- dubstep, R&B, and garage, the Lancaster based duo craft an intimate, electronic bliss that reveals something new with each repeated play....

Check out this brilliant Kendal Calling Infographic by 12Twelve Design that shows how we have grown over our 8 year history! 

Full size image: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/kendalinfographic.png/

Tickets on sale here: http://www.kendalcalling.com/tickets

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We are proud to announce legendary and controversial American Hip-Hop group Public Enemy will be touching down in the fields for a rare UK festival appearance. With Chuck D’s forcefully enlightening rhymes, and the chaotic, comic of Flavor Flav’s cuts (not to mention his oversized clocks!)...

Outside of the musical creativity we encourage Independent Artists and Performance Artists to try something new in the Deer Park. We have a breathtaking background to host works so if you have an idea let us know what it is. We are always interested to hear what your artistic talents and...

Many hands make light work and we are always looking for people with enthusiasm and a love of festivals to come and join the team, i.e. the Kendal family! We have a range of areas you can volunteer in, including Box Office, Admin, Site & Decor Crew, Production Assistants, Artist Liaison,...

Congratualtions to Andrew Vaudrey, we love Star Wars almost as much as Kendal Calling so when the two collided we couldn't do anything other than get your free ticket it the post!

All the entries where so good however, we decided to put an album together with them all in, have a look at...

We have been working hard behind the scene on the pre-production of this year’s première in the fields as ‘Kendal Calling Goes To The Movies’. We cordially invite you as cast members to join the making of Kendal Calling 2013!

Fancy Dress day will again be Saturday, but this year the...

We’ve been busy at Kendal Calling HQ over the winter months and just can’t wait to be in the fields again this summer! We can finally announce our first crop of artists featuring across all stages at Kendal Calling. Tickets have also gone on sale today and can be purchased here or by calling...

SAVE THE DATE: THURSDAY 28th FEBRUARY, 9AM

We are ecstatic in the office to be returning for our 8^th year, back to our stunning location Lowther Deer Park in the English Lake District. We’ve been working hard throughout the Winter months to make sure we bring you the best Kendal Calling...

Over at Kendal Calling HQ, we are working hard behind the scenes put together our best line-up ever and we can confirm that our first line-up announce will be in February. Make sure you put your pennies aside as Tickets will also be on sale during February, with the exact date to be confirmed...

Kendal Calling proudly presents...

Massive thanks to everyone who has bought an earlybird ticket this morning. They sold out in an astounding 8 minutes! General sale will be in early 2013. To keep in the loop with all Kendal Calling news including the release date of tickets make sure you sign up to our newsletter, become a...

A limited number of earlybird weekend tickets are onsale now! Emperors Field camping tickets and live-in vehicle passes are also available to buy but you must have purchased your weekend ticket. Click here to buy tickets.

The Deer Lodge affordable luxury accommodation is also on sale now....

A limited number of earlybird tickets will be released at 9am on Thursday 15th November.  Guarantee your place in the fields at last years price!

Ticket Info:

Onsale at 9am, Thursday15th November // www.kendalcalling.com/tickets

Adult weekend tickets: £105

11-15 yrs: £50
...

We're thrilled to have been nominated for ‘Best Medium Sized Festival’ and ‘Best Headline Performance’ from Dizzee Rascal in the annual UK Festival Awards.

Dizzee Rascal delivered THE most energised set to date at the festival, hot off the back of performing at the Olympic Opening...

Firstly, a massive thank-you to all of you for an amazing weekend in the fields! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making the weekend so special. The weekend was full to the brim with legendary performances, new discoveries, stunning site art,...

We would like to extend our full apologies for the sub standard toilet servicing at this years festival.

Please be assured that we do not in any way find the standard of servicing and sanitation of toilets at this years event acceptable. It has caused us great upset to take such a...

Is it really over already!?! What an amazing weekend. Thanks to the weather for so much sun, the crowd for so many singl-a-longs and crazy costumed behaviour, our artists for some sets people will remember a lifetime and all the staff and crew who wove together all the elements of the site to...

INFO FOR THURSDAY NIGHT CAMPERS!

(You must have a Thursday night ticket for Thursday entry!)

Hi folks, we thought we'd write you a quick summary of what to expect.

The campsite will be open from 12 noon on the Thursday. In the evening once we've set our tents up we're planning a...

In just four days we will be opening the fields.

We are busy onsite building the festival so can't get back to all your queries as quickly, so we have created some essential info packs that should answer any queries you may have, as well as checking the FAQs. These packs contain some...

To assure we get you parked and ready for a weekend of fun as fast and as smooth as possible this year we are putting car park tickets on sale via e-ticket ahead of the event rather than on the door!

Tickets via e-ticket are £6. As we want to encourage everyone to take up this service...

The gates will fly open in just 3 weeks, and we still have so much more to reveal including the Woodlands Stage as well releasing news of many more artist who will be joining us in the fields.

With over 100 new artist additions including: Lightning Seeds // Redlight // The Whip (DJ Set)...

We’re very excited to introduce a new dance stage for 2012, the Kopparberg Kube. The Kube will feature a stellar line up of artists and cream of the regional crop. Plus we will be inviting Dj's from other arenas to come along and feature on this intimate new stage with many playing sets you...

Roll up, roll up as quirky festival area Riot Jazz returns bigger and more magical than ever before. This year the much-loved area embraces the festival fancy dress theme, Fairy Tales & Comic Books, and takes it to the next level. Step into a real life festival fairytale with Riot Jazz...

Due to demand we have got more space for campervans now so there is a limited amount back onsale!

"Emperors Field Live In Vehicle Pass:
As campervan or caravan pitches have traditionally been located in the Emperors Fields and gain access to the same facilities it's a mystery why we...

We’re very excited to announce more details on our latest addition to Kendal Calling… Tim Peaks Diner! Starting life as a metaphysical diner on twitter and BBC 6Music, The Charlatans' frontman Tim Burgess created a virtual world of listening parties, tea and happenings and he'll be setting up...

Ticket Warning - Deposit tickets (due on June 15) along with physical outlets will be withdrawn from sale on thursday 10th. The remainder will be available online at Ticketline.

See you in the fields!

We're ready for some true festival escapism in the fields this year as the Deer Park will become a world of magic and make believe as with our Saturday Fancy Dress theme Fairy Tale & Comic Books.

Think the Pied Piper to Wolverine, Little Red Riding Hood to Catwoman, the Gingerbread man to...

The sunshine may have gone but it's not stopping us getting into the summer spirit as we're busy planning for the exciting times ahead!

So to brighten up your week we thought we'd spring the next bunch of artists on you. With festival favourites and a plethora of new music for you to...

We're thrilled to announce our first crop of acts for this years knees up in the stunning Lake District Deer park….

Friday night will see Tyneside heroes MAXIMO PARK erupting the stage, Saturday we have the return of the legendary DIZZEE RASCAL and Sunday will be see an awesome sing-along...

Only a couple of days until Kendal Calling 2012 tickets go on general sale. This year is hotting up to be another fun filled weekend of countryside action and if you are coming you need to know which tickets you should be buying.

Tickets go sale 9am on 23rd February - THIS THURSDAY...

We've been in hibernation over these dark winter months but the sun has been back shining and we're thrilled to announce our on sale date...
Thursday 23rd February at 9am

First crop of the line-up will be revealed next Thursday, with hundreds more to come over the next few...

For all you creative types, new music and diverse entertainment are the lifeblood of any festival and we encourage all shapes, styles and sizes of acts to get in touch. Be it a band, DJ, comedian, poet, beat boxer, magician or anything else you can imagine.

Click here for the musician...

Massive thanks to all who have helped us raise thousands of pounds to be donated to a selection of key local charities. Through the success of the EBay charity auction, guestlist donations, onsite sunflower selling and Kendal Mint cake world record the festival and all Kendal Caller helped...

Thank you!

Tickets will be on general sale early in the new year for £99 for adults along with Emperors fields and Campervan tickets.

Our limited Christmas Present tickets are now onsale. You will receive gift wrapped passes inside a beautiful Christmas card designed by Woody from British Sea Power! The next batch of general tickets will go on sale in 2012 (normal price £99).

Click here to buy

That's right folks we will be putting a limited number of specially gift-wrapped Christmas festival tickets onsale at 9am on Friday 11^th November; tickets will be frozen at last years prize of £95 for this Christmas present sale, along with £50 for 11-15 and under 11's free.

Not only that...

EXCLUSIVE signed guitars from Kendal Calling 2011 artists up for charity auction! Plus ticket news..

Let the bidding wars commence folks as we have some very special and collectable items up for grabs in the first Kendal giving charity auction.

Thursday the 1st of November will see us...

WOW!

We're absolutely over the moon to have picked up a music industry award, we were thrilled to have been nominated, but this really is a great honour. Massive thanks to all the festival goers over the last six years, KC team past & present, friends & family, artists & agents, press and...

We’d like to thank you for the greatest year to date in Kendal Calling history.
It goes without saying that it’s all only possible because of you… you really do
make it what it is. In this first post-festival newsletter we’ve included the first
edits of video footage from the festival...

Where to begin?!

We have to thank you for the greatest year to date and this is only possible becasue of you, you really do make it what it is.

Stay tuned for all the images and video to hit you over the next few days.

Thank you all again and See you in the fields!...

Hello from the fields

We are well under way setting the stage for this years Kendal Calling at Lowther Deer Park.

Only a few sleeps left until you guys join us so we have put together some information you will need to get you to the site and into the festival with the minimum fuss and...

This year we have teamed up with Big Green Coach once again.

Big Green Coach will be running shuttle busses from Penrith train station to the festival site for just £10 (if bought at the coach - £9 if you book in advance) at the following times:

Friday 9am-10pm

Monday...

The countdown is on until the Lake District’s almighty, sold out Kendal Calling festival. With
just two weeks to go the team are sprinkling their magic on the beautiful event site and have
some last minute news and additions to reveal.

We welcome electropop act Fenech Soler who will...

After going through numerous gallons of coffee and intense email debating, here at KC HQ we have come up with a frightful theme for your garment choices this year.....BEASTS AND MACHINES. The further you take on the transformation from mere Kendal Caller to supreme dress up maverick, the more...

Legend Hugh Cornwell and voice of iconic punk band The Stranglers has joined the bill. Famous for such hits as Golden Brown, Peaches and No More Heroes we think this hero sits perfectly with our stunning line up!

Other acts added to the bill include Los Angeles band Vintage Trouble, who...

Deposit Payment Deadline: Wednesday 1st June

Limited Ticket Re-sale: Friday 3rd June

It's a huge compliment to all those involved that so many of you have
got your tickets so early and are warming up for a weekend of country
style fun & frolics.

We still have more acts...

Sure as spring will come so to will Kendal Calling's next line up announcement. After much preparation we are ready to tell you something you don't know.

This year we have cast our nets wide this year to bring you acts from as far as Argentina, Chicago, Berlin, and Sierra Leone along with...

We're sure you'll be as excited as us that the next wave of line-up will be announced on Wednesday 20th April at 9am. This includes Main Stage acts, Glow Dance tent, Calling Out new music stage, Kaylied stage.  

There's only 15 weeks to go to this years festival and we can't bloody wait!...

Would you like to be a part of the festival team and earn some extra cash over the summer?

We are looking for reliable hardworking staff for both the bars and merchandise teams.

Staff Interviews will be held at Font in Fallowfield, Manchester throughout May for Kendal Calling, Live...

We're gearing up for our biggest year yet and tickets are flying out faster than ever. We're advising festival-goers to snap up their tickets as soon as possible to avoid missing out. Due to unprecedented sales we would like to make sure those planning on attending this years Kendal Calling...

New to the festival this year is the luxury area of The Lodge, one of the most extensive luxury camping areas to be seen at any UK festival. This is a haven of peace & quiet away from the crowds. Complete with a funky range of accommodation The Lodge includes Kacoons, Luxury Bus, Campervans,...

Kendal Calling have teamed up with The Warehouse Project for the first in a very special series headlined by none other than cosmic rocker The Flaming Lips at Jodrell Bank Observatory.

The Flaming Lips will bring their space-influenced alternative and ground-breaking rock music to this...

Following last years incredible main stage performance, Kendal Calling is pleased as punch to present... an intimate Wild Beasts show in the Lake District. Critically acclaimed Kendal four-piece Wild Beasts are set to release their much anticipated third album, Smother, on 9th May 2011. The...

Tickets are now on-sale for this years Kendal Calling which promises to be the most special yet. ALL the headliners for this year’s festival are still to be announced but here is the first snippet of the confirmed acts including legends Levellers with their 20^th Anniversary of Levelling the...

Tickets go on sale for Kendal Calling 2011 at 9am on Friday 4th February when we also reveal the first waves of acts set to take to the stage. We will be returning to the beautiful landscape of Lowther Deer Park over the weekend of 29th – 31st July 2011. So make sure you bag your ticket to join...

It's that time of year again when we're on the look out for best food & drink and retail therapy outlets we can lay on our hands on!

Market Traders
We're looking to offer our festival-goers a diverse array of stalls where they can take time out from the entertainment and indulge in some...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, friends of Kendal Calling x

Kendal Calling awarded UK Best Small Festival

The Kendal Calling team  are ecstatic to have been voted Best Small Festival in the UK! We feel immensely proud to have received this national recognition. Huge thanks to all of you who voted and for making Kendal Calling what it is... It really is...

KENDAL CALLING in last round for Best Small Festival and Best Grassroots Festival - Please vote again now!!

Let's start with a massive thanks for everyone who voted for Kendal Calling in the Festival Awards first round.
 We have now made it into the last ten Festivals in the BEST SMALL FESTIVAL...

WOW! it's all over and we can hardly believe what an amazing time it's been. Thanks you all for being such a lovely crowd and making an atmosphere that has been commented on by so many bands, fans, guests and press reports. You did your selfs proud.

Our team of photographers have uploaded...

Thursday night Freakeasy tickets are BACK ON SALE - there was a hiccup with the website which is now resolved. So come down on the Thursday, bag yourself a top spot and see some fantastic circussy burlsquey entertainment courtesy of the Freakeasy crew!

The Festival is now completely sold out. If you were lucky enough to get a ticket, see you in the fields!

There are now less than a 1000 tickets left so tell your friends these will be gone  in days and get yours if you haven’t done so already for the most fun you can have in the  fields this summer!

Day Tickets:

We have now released a limited number of day tickets, these will go on sale Friday...

We’d like to make your stay at the festival that little bit more comfortable with the help of a few of our friends.

Festibarrow

So your dreading that walk from the car park to get camped, you’re wondering if you can be bothered to carry that extra bag of essentials. Then you hear about ...

Back by popular demand... campervan tickets! We've been out and remeasured and there's more room for all you campervan dwellers out there! We're releasing a limited amount of campervan passes that will go on sale Monday 14^th June @ 9am! So camp in style, but be quick so you don't miss...

Legendary Punk poet extraordinaire John Cooper Clarke, Mr Nice himself Howard Marks, plus a full bill of comedy from the national circuit will provide alternative entertainment from the music line-up. The Soapbox will be packed full of comedy, spoken word and other shenanigans including Mr B The...

We've been busy hunting out the best in new music for you and are proud to present a whole host of hotly-tipped acts on the Calling Out stage. As ever this is your chance to discover your new favourite band and witness the stars of the future in the fields with us. Our Saturday line-up has...

The next lineup announcement will be broadcast on Tuesday 15th May so check back then!

Once again we are pleased to present a mix bag of genre hopping delights with everything from Folk to Ska, Soul to Punk, Electro to Folk-pop, Northern Soul to Americana, Blues to Jazz and everything else in between on our much-loved Kaylied stage. This year we’re taking it to a whole new level...

Keep checking back here tomorrow as we will be announcing our Kaylied Stage acts. This much-loved stage has gone from strength to strength over the last couple of years with the likes of Frank Turner, Tunng, Craig Charles and a band we think you may be familiar with... the superb Mumford & Sons...

We have just got wind of a very special and intimate gig going on up at Tan Hill tomorrow night so catch a Kendal Calling favourite before the festival tomorrow!

There are some day tickets available at Tan Hill this sunday, the 2nd of May.

Sundays Events and Bands

Marc Riley DJ
Rose Dougal
...

Land is on the horizon as we announce Doves for our Saturday night headliner!

And below the water you can just make out The Coral who will be our Sunday night finale, and there is more....

Back by popular demand are British Sea Power. Originally from Kendal and the band that performed at the...

Contrary to what the below news item may have you believe, the next lineup announcement is coming tomorrow (Tuesday) - not today. This has always been the case, just someone got confused updating the website. Ahem.

So check back tomorrow for the next update, and sign up to the mailing list to...

Major artist announcement on monday! Keep your eyes peeled for early next week...

NEWSFLASH: CAMP EARLY WITH THE FREAKEASY

Here at the festival workshop we're proud to announce a first for KC - the addition of Thursday night camping! Grab a ticket and grab the chance to wake up bright and early (ahem) on the Friday with no traveling to look forward to - sounds a treat, right?

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We're thrilled to announce our first taster of KC 2010. Getting the party started is the King of Electropop Calvin Harris with full live band! (Saturday and Sunday main stage headliners are yet to be announced.) Homegrown talent Mercury Music nominees and local Kendal boys Wild Beasts will be...

We will be announcing the first installment of artists that will be performing at this years Kendal Calling! Keep your eyes peeled on Wednesday 31st March. As promised we have been searching far and wide for some mind bogglingly excellent acts to grace the stages of Kendal Callings’ fifth...

Craig Charles confirmed to return to KC 2010! To celebrate this return of what many hailed as the highlight of last years festival we are bringing the man himself back into the heart of Kendal Town for a 400 capacity festival warm up show. Expect a bag full of the funkiest of tunes plus live...

Following feedback from families last year we've added an entirely separate new campsite, hereafter named Emperor's Fields (named after the adjacent road so don't get carried away with illusions of grandeur! Although it is pretty fantastic..). 

Accessible directly from the main road and with...

The Kendal Calling hive is buzzing with the news that dance promoters Wax:On and APE will take over the Saturday and Sunday respectively in the soon-to-be-renamed Dance Tent; an announcement that will ignite the passions of dance lovers everywhere. Club curators Ape and Wax:On both respectively...

Big Green Coaches are on board this year, for as little as £15 they are offering travel to our beautiful Lowther Deer Park from 19 locations across the UK. For those arriving by train Big Green coach will also be running a shuttle between the site & Penrith train station for a discounted rate of...

Tickets are on sale for Kendal Calling 2010 at 9am on Friday the 19th February.

We are offering 500 Early Bird tickets for just £65 to the first to purchase them. They sold out in an hour last year so you'll need to be quick!

We have also introduced a deposit scheme meaning you can pay just...

Hello all and welcome to the all new Kendal Calling website.

It is a hive of activity packed to the brim with photo's, video, music, news and information. A true celebration of everything Kendal Calling has to offer.

Here is a little more info on our new features:

KENDAL CALLING TV:

KCTV is...